What would you like the Icon to look like? If you are unsure of the specs of your computer,Download and run Speccy. This will give you all the information about your computer. If you need help, in Speccy, go to File/Publish Snapshot, copy the link and paste it in your next post. You may be mistaken of what your specs are.

I have win XP pro. I have a 3.99 gig HD. wHEN i go to check how much space I have left on my comp, it says 342meg. But when I select all the folders in my C: and go to properties, it says that it is only a total of 1.91 gig. How come this is displaying the wrong information.

Hey all, recently installed Windows XP, and i have 2 Kingston 256 MB ddr ram, dual channel, and after installin and setting up XP, after right clicking My Computer, and properties, it is displaying 384 mb ram, where it should be closer to 512 mb ram.. will this affect anything, and if so, how can it be fixed. am running a GeForce 4 128 MB 4x video card atm also.

Answer:Windows XP displaying wrong amount of ram

Check your 2 Kingston 256 MB ddr ram. It looks like one of them is not 256Mb but a 128Mb. Try them one at a time to determine which is which.

I cannot understand why my X axis labels is the way it is on the 2nd chart. Below is the code to create two charts - including the arrays - so simply run the macro and two charts are generated - Hopefully making it very easy for you to visualize what I cannot get to work. The first chart is a Histogram - It has the X axis that I want. However I want the Histogram plotted as a curve - so the 2nd chart is the exact same data - exact same code - except for the '.ChartType' property. However the X axis is not the scale I would expect - I would like the X axis same as for my original Histogram.

I have posted this on other forums - but gotten no answers. I am using xl2007

Code:

Option ExplicitPublic Sub AddHistochart() Dim NumCharts As Long Dim PlotValues() As Variant Dim i, ii As Long Dim frequency() As Variant Dim binlabel() As Variant Dim binsize As Variant Dim minimumX As Single Dim maximumX As Single Dim NumBins As Long Dim NumParameters As Long Dim HighFrequency As Long

Sorry but we don't know what have you done exactly and on which place you see other manufacturer name.
Where you can see this with Panasonic?
Have you installed Win7 using original Microsoft installation disc?
Do you use drivers from Toshiba support page?

I've been doing a lot of tidying up of my file types and associations, and one of the things that I have done is to ensure that all my most used file types have meaningful and accurate "friendly names". So, instead Explorer referring to .wv files as "WV File" it now says "WavPack Audio File". I've done this for numerous file types and it has all worked well and is correctly displayed in Explorer.

However, I also use Windows Libraries, and for some reason it is still using generic file descriptions, or older ones that I chose myself and subsequently updated.

I have done the usual things of clearing the icon cache and all other cache and temp storage. I've also completely rebuilt the index of the Library in question. I have even removed all folders from that library and deleted the top level library itself (then, after a reboot, recreated it by selecting 'Restore Default Libraries'), but as soon as I add my folder to the Library, the same old file names show up again.

I have done a thorough search of my Registry and some of the terms being displayed by the Library are nowhere to be found in the Registry (because I have updated every possible instance of the file type name) so it must be cached somewhere, unless its buried in some indecipherable format in the Registry that doesn't show up in search results.

If I click an incorrectly named 'file types' group in the Library, and then choose 'Open Folder Location' to look at the same files direct... Read more

Answer:Windows Explorer "Libraries" displaying wrong File Type names

This could have something to do with your user files. Are you the Administrator of this computer & do you only have one user account?.

Click on Computer & then click on your main OS drive which is normally C:\, then click Users, which should show your user name as one of the folders. Click on that & select your Documents files & see if the new names are listed there, if so you can create a New Library by clicking on Include in Library, from the menu at the top, & selecting Create New Library.

If all the Documents are correct as mentioned above you could copy all the Documents into the New library & then after checking everything is correct you can delete the old library.

If you have more that one user account, it's possible that all the changes are being made on one account & you are then trying to access them on another account, so you keep getting the old arrangement.

I was given ThinkPad T400 laptop. I am trying to purchase OEM software discs and Memory for it. The automated Lenovo detection program and sales person could not conform the model & serial I provided. I took pictures of the tag and BIOS Setup Utility screen and emailed it to other (more caring) sale person. Same results no information found in Lenovo data bank.Thinpad T400 info from label; Type: 4717-CTO Product ID; 7417CTO Seial #;XX-XXXXX 08/09Also here is the link to Dropbox with the pics of my ThinPad info:

Did anyone had similar issue and how I can solve it.Thanks you.Qalaska.

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Answer:How to find ThinkPad T400 serial number if label and BIOS info is wrong as per Lenovo.

The serial number was not in the Lenovo database. I have occasionally seen similar errors. I think the serial number you listed is really the right one. What OS is on your COA? (some T400 machines came with XP, vista, or win7)

After doing a full recovery on my windows 7 home premium 64 bit my notebook is now displaying a different product id key to the one i have! The product id displaying only consists of 20 numbers/letters and not 25, but still says windows is activated, i have tried to activate my original id key with windows genuine activationbut was advised to contact the softwares device manufacturer for software recovery options.

I recently changed my favicon on my self-hosted blog. But the old favicon is still showing up as the shortcut on the desktop of my laptop computer after more than a week. The address bar and tab bar are displaying the correct favicon in IE7. I am certain the problem is associated with my laptop computer because my desktop computer, which never “saw” the old favicon, is displaying the correct favicon as a desktop shortcut. Both computers are Dell and have IE7. I have done the following in an effort to fix the problem:

Removed all links in my favorite’s folder and all shortcuts from my desktop, then performed the below four bulleted steps below. Removed all traces of the old favicon from all folders on my computer, then performed the below four bulleted steps below.

Made sure CCleaner emptied my Recycle Bin. Made sure the site address was not protected in my CCleaner. After the above bulleted steps I saved the links again in my favorites and as shortcut on my desktop.Did the first step a second time, completed the four bulleted steps again, and waited 24 hours before I added them back to my favorites and my desktop. Set automatic dns flush to every 4 hours. Completed a search on my computer, including hidden files and folders, and the old favicon was not found.

Ok, here is some thing interesting: My CPU speed under the System Properties seems to be displaying wrong. It says that I have a 785Mhz processor, which is of course wrong. It should be 2.8Ghz. When I use a program called CPUStabTest and look under System Properties it says 2.8Ghz, also when I use another Program it says I have 2.8Ghz as well. It is not really a problem, my computer is not slow and it still runs alright, I just want to know what the heck is going on? Why does windows say that I only have 785Mhz when I have 2.8Ghz I have AMD Athlon II X4 630 (Quad-Core)Thanks for you replay and help.

Answer:My Computer displaying wrong CPU speed

Why 785mhz? When its idle cpu mult and reference clock are changed(down) u can disable cool n quite if u want to run cpu at full speed all the time.

Hi,Have just purchased a new PC & I'm running XP on it, but have noticed a strange, and annoying problem with keyboard. Every time I type an @ symbol it displays a " and vice versa. Any idea what could be causing this & if there is a fix?Thanks in advance.

Answer:Keyboard displaying wrong characters

Assuming you have a standard 'qerty' boardIt has been set to USA configuration.Go to Control Panel/Keyboard and select UK configuration

hello, I am having a problem with searching especially with google and yahoo. www.mama.com works fine. For some reason google and yahoo display wrong websites for example when i put : apple or hijackTHIS in the search bar. I get spyware websites or something. -i tried spyware doctor, kaspersky .. everything didnt work

Why do my thumbnailed folders (with a folder.jpg inside of them) display random images that I never assigned to them? Is there are way to correct this behavior or is this just an XP glitch? Using Tweak UI I increased the amount of folders for XP to store in memory to 10,000 thinking that may solve the problem, but it hasn't.

It's especially frustrating since I spent many hours organizing my Music folders so that they display the correct cover art.For example, why does my Radiohead folder, which should display an image of the band (which is in the Radiohead folder as "folder.jpg") assign an image of Cindy Lauper, which is in another folder?

Hi! I'm using Win7 in portuguese (pt-PT) and the calculator has some some keys with strange symbols in them. So, instead of the backspace arrow, there's a rectangle, and the "x" was replaced by a square. In scientific mode it's even worse.

I've already restored windows fonts through the control panel. I've renamed the calc.exe.mui and nothing. I've even tried downloading an english version posted in these forums, but it didn't work. Even the language remained the same.

Any thoughts on this?

Thanks in advance.

Answer:Calculator displaying wrong characters in keys.

i see the difference.
did you make any changes to your computer recently? you could try a System Restore to a date that you did.

i've just started having a problem with videos showing the wrong time length in all my players. like a 2 hour movie will display as only being 17 minutes long. the progress slider will reach the end and the movie or video will contunue playing. this happens in divx, winamp and wmp.

On my laptop, on certain websites, the font is completely different to how I view it on every other computer/laptop. I cannot figure out what could possibly be causing this and was hoping someone here has a solution.

I have included screen shots showing the difference. I know it may sound really ocd, but it's generally worse on my eyes I find. All the main titles on websites (more than just facebook) are replaced by a horrible bold font and the general text on a lot of sites seems more narrow.

This happens on all browsers and only browsers, all other system fonts are correct.

Things I have tried so far but did not fix the problem
- connected laptop to another monitor and applied the max resolution of 1080p (my laptop screen is 1366x768, gpu supports 1080 tho)
- Gone into my internet options from the control panel and tried changing the font (and crossed checked it with other computers)
-Checked chrome's font settings and cross checked with other computers

The problem as been present ever since I got the laptop, its just really started to bug me recently.

Any help is appreciated, thanks

Answer:Wrong fonts displaying on all browsers only on laptop

Oh damn, UPDATE: Actually I just assumed it happened on all browsers. I was wrong, i just installed firefox and the font is fine.

On my old computer, any keyboard i use on it has this problem. When you press shift+2 you get ampersand - @ and when you press ampersand button with shift you get inverted comma - ".It happened with old keyboard so i bought a new one (it was knackered anyway) and it still happens. Any ideas? I would imagine this is a system setting of some kind. Is there a fix?OS: Winxp proAthlon 1 ghzLogitech keyboard and mouse

Answer:keyboard buttons displaying the wrong characters

The regional settings are wrong - go to the Control Panel - Regional and Languga Options - Check through the variuos settings on the variuos tabs, and change them all to UK English.

Whenever i try to type something like I or O it would come up as a 5 or 65t w643d 3662 s60eth5ng 352e th5sTranslation- It would look something like this I read somewhere about holding the FN key, and when i do hold it and press the letter I it would come up, otherwise it would be a 5.

I'm having a weird issue with how a certain website is displaying in my browser. The font is all messed up, and I have no idea if it's an issue with my browser (Firefox), or my OS (Windows 7 32bit).

The site is buzzfeed. It displays fine in my other browsers, but in Firefox, one of the fonts is constantly displaying incorrectly - it looks like the wrong font is being used (it's using rockfont for some reason - which is on my system as a requirement for a pinball game I play).

Here's how it looks usually in Firefox:

And here's how it looked after I uninstalled the rockfont font:

And then just a few minutes later, it looked like this (while rockfont was still uninstalled):

Any idea what's going on with my fonts, and why it only happens on this one site, and only in Firefox? I'm using the latest version of Firefox, but this has been happening for months. After I re-installed rockfont, the page then went back to using that as a font, as in the top image.

Not sure if this is a MS issue. Default zoom setting for Edge is 125% but Outlook email is suddenly really tiny in size despite Edge showing 125%. The right hand 30% of the screen is now just empty white space. If I change it to 100% and back to 125% then it corrects until I close and reopen Edge. No other tabs are affected.

My laptop is displaying the wrong thumbnails after i upgrade to windows 10. When you open the file explorer and preview an file the next file your going to preview will be same thumbnail to the first one even the other files.

I have a .net application that sends out an email with an appointment calendar (iCalendar) file (.ics) attached to the email. With in the .ics file it contains all of the details about the appointment.

As you can see in the meeting is scheduled for 07/24/2003 at 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM.

I am located in the (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) time zone and the .net application server is located in the (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) time zone. When I open the .ics file in Outlook or Lotus Notes it says the meeting starts on 7/24/2003 at 9:00 AM and ends at 10:00 AM. But that is not what I set up. It seems like outlook took the time and converted it to eastern time. I do not want this to happen. What ever day and time I set up in the .net application I want this to reflect in the .ics file. Basically I do not want Outlook or Lotus Notes to convert the time to the computers local time. I have tried to play around with the "DTSTART" and "DTEND" date to see if I could stop this f... Read more

My laptop is displaying the wrong thumbnails after i upgrade to windows 10. When you open the file explorer and preview an file the next file your going to preview will be same thumbnail to the first one even the other files.

Not sure if this is a MS issue. Default zoom setting for Edge is 125% but Outlook email is suddenly really tiny in size despite Edge showing 125%. The right hand 30% of the screen is now just empty white space. If I change it to 100% and back to 125% then it corrects until I close and reopen Edge. No other tabs are affected.

I bought this computer a year ago and it came with Windows 8, which I upgraded to 8.1 and then 10. Today, I formatted my hard drive and installed Windows 7. This has caused some issues, such as with drivers.

Chrome is not displaying pages as it used to. Text is poorly aligned, often the wrong font, and there are these boxes appearing:

Here is how it displays in IE:

I have already checked encoding and it was using Windows1252 and I changed it to Unicode and nothing changed.
It's not a driver issue either as I already updated drivers and everything works fine in IE.

I have got a Dell Vostro 1400 laptop that has been giving me a headache... It is more than 3 years old and came with Windows XP pre-installed. I ran Win7 (legitimate copy) on it for awhile (about 4 months) without any problems, then suddenly it would die while in Win7. Things like system shutting down by itself and freezing when displaying videos were common. Then it started showing “Memory Parity” errors. I tried swapping RAM modules but to no avail.

So I re-installed Windows XP with SP3. Installation was smooth and driver installation was in order. It ran ok for about a week before auto-shutting down again. Now it even screws up the screen during BIOS loading (when the Dell logo and progress bar shows) and when loading Windows (please see attached photo for crazy fonts/capitalisation during Windows Restore screen).

I am now running Ubuntu from it without installation (i.e. booting and running from the CD) and am encountering no problems whatsoever.

The Dell BIOS diagnostics would run while I was running Win7 and report no errors, so I’m trying to assume that there’re no hardware errors. Perhaps the photo might be telling to you experts out there.

Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Answer:Laptop auto-shutdown and displaying screwy/wrong fonts even during start up

Try to boot from the window 7 Disc and run the Memory Test Program from there.... If it pass.... I think may be teh build in Video card Issue.... I see similar error in Desktop... The video chip have problem ... it work ok without load the driver ... but whenever you load the driver .. it cause problem...

Hi.
Just bought on of these Dymo Label Manager PnP Label printer
Dymo S0915390 Label Manager PnP Plug and Play Label Maker: Amazon.co.uk: Office Products
It states plug and play.When I connected it to my windows 10 upon opening the auto run I get a box on screen stating.....
Error Configuration Manager error 13.Source Grand Parent filter..
looked through google and found some info..
How To Fix Dymo Configuration Manager Error 13 (Solved).
Had a go at that but when it completed the scan it wanted money, Also looked on the dymo website for some info on some software for it.Failed.
Any help Please.

Answer:Dymo Label Manager PnP Label printer

Update.I ran that program reg repair and the faults it gave was

net Runtime windows wmi Msdt.client2 ms installer all those crashed according to that scan

.
Also did a sfc scannow and no faults found.
Tried it on my Acer laptop working okay,So its this dektop is at fault.
The box that comes on screen when I go to start the Label Manager PnP is here.
Has anyone got any thoughts on this PLEASE.
Many thanks in advance.

Hi.
Just bought on of these Dymo Label Manager PnP Label printer
Dymo S0915390 Label Manager PnP Plug and Play Label Maker: Amazon.co.uk: Office Products
It states plug and play.When I connected it to my windows 10 upon opening the auto run I get a box on screen stating.....
Error Configuration Manager error 13.Source Grand Parent filter..
looked through google and found some info..
How To Fix Dymo Configuration Manager Error 13 (Solved).
Had a go at that but when it completed the scan it wanted money, Also looked on the dymo website for some info on some software for it.Failed.
Any help Please.

I'm seeing the following issue on Windows 10 Enterprise 1607. As you can see from the screen shot the "System" menu in the Settings App is being displayed wrongly. The 2nd screen shot shows a correct menu:

Broken_MenuNormal_MenuWe're not seeing this on every single build so it's been quite difficult to pin point the cause. We are applying the en-GB language pack during the build process but if I revert back to en-US (the default WIM used) the menu goes back to normal.

Our build has been working absolutely fine until the last couple of weeks and I'm trying to work out whether something in the October 2017 patch release could have caused this. I can't find much online around this problem, has anyone else seen it?

Hello, not sure if this is the correct area to ask, but I've noticed that my E drive's label is stuck as "OS Install" when there is no label assigned. I thought at first there was a label assigned to it and followed renaming labels option 3 on the forums (as a DVD drive was assigned to the letter). But when I assigned a USB drive to the E drive after switching out the dvd drive's letter, I noticed that it keeps the "OS Install" as default label instead of the normal "removable disk" when no label is assigned. This held true with the internal hard drive's partition as well. However when I assigned a drive label such as "CRUZER", it would change to the assigned label. As I like to have my E drive be the dvd drive, I don't want to see this weird label on it when I didn't assign it. If anyone knows a solution or can help me to try to find one, it would be great! I've attached pictures to explain better

Answer:drive label stuck as "OS Install" when no label is assigned

Please use this tutorial by Golden to post a screen shot of Disk Management.

Leave all the clutter off of the pick. Just post exactly as the tutorial instructs.This will allow other members to see the need basic information.

Hello, installed windows 10 on 2 machines, but when I look under networking they have stupid names, I want them to be called what I want, how do I change them, in old windows you named the drive while windows was loading, and you named your user,

Answer:how to label hdd in windows 10

Hello Jen, and welcome to Ten Forums.

The tutorial below can help show you how to rename a drive in Windows 10 as well.

I just ordered a Windows XP Home Edition w/SP2, and I was wondering if the label on the cdwas suppose to be holographic or silver shine. Because the box looked tainted and I thought the cd label on the cd wasn't legit. I thought it would be a green label similar to the appearance of the box it came in.

Answer:Label on Windows XP Home cd.....

Umm, All the legit windows cds i've seen are holographic... no stickers the cd itself is holographic

On laptop computers the Windows certificate of authenticity is printed on a piece of paper which is attached to the bottom of the device. Unfortunately, the license key gets damaged and you cannot read it.

Is there some way to overcome this problem? Is there some kind of laminate plastic that can be used to cover the paper?

Thanks,

TC

Answer:Best way to keep the Windows COA label from getting damaged?

Always back these up like you would a bank account number, perhaps in the same place.

Hello, I'm a technician who works for an IT support shop who is a reseller of Lenovos. We put a custom image on our machines, then just enter the key from the Windows COA (certificate of authenticity) label to activate the OS. This past week we received an m92p that is a Windows8 machine, but has the Windows 7 downgrade. However, there is no Windows 7 or Windows 8 COA label. My boss tells me that the Windows 8 key should work in WIndows 7, but like I said there's no label for either so there is no way for me to activate. How would I go about finding out the Windows 7 key (or the W8 key)? We contacted our Lenovo rep, she said to contact Microsoft, but I fail to see how this is an MS problem. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Answer:No Windows COA label on new M92p?

I had the same problem and found a site called windows-coa.com , they sent me small program by email, which revealed the key number which was actually in my hidden registry. Hope this helps anyone in. Similar position.

I have an older computer for my son it is running with Windows ME. He thought he would try to install XP on this computer and I can't get the computer to boot now. I am in the process of trying to erase everything and a question popped up. "Volume label (11 characters, enter for none)?" What do I do here. I am not an expert by no means. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Answer:Windows ME volume label

You can simply hit Enter for "none"...The Volume label names the drive itself but it is not needed and it can cause issues if you are ever trying data recovery and you've forgetten it.None is the better choice.

On laptop computers the Windows certificate of authenticity is printed on a piece of paper which is attached to the bottom of the device. Unfortunately, the license key gets damaged and you cannot read it.

Is there some way to overcome this problem? Is there some kind of laminate plastic that can be used to cover the paper?

I have named my USB flash drives (G,H) in Disk Management, but they continue to be unnamed in Windows Explorer.

I've tried everything in this tutorial: How to Rename Drive Label in Windows 10 without success. The only thing that does work is to set a default label for each drive in the registry.

I've read several Win7 articles stating various USB problems can be resolved by uninstalling all the controllers under Universal Serial Bus controllers in Device Manager. Then restart and let Windows reinstall them as needed.

Question: Would this be a safe/reasonable thing to do in Windows 10? Any other suggestions?

Hi, try rt clicking the drive in file explorer.PropertiesThen fill in the label name (yellow field in my screenshot).Note the name reverts to Removable Drive if you rt click the named drive, and click Eject.

(The one useful trick with removable drives if you use them for backups e.g. in Disk Management is to assign a drive letter late in the alphabet so they are most probably assigned the same letter next time (assuming nothing is using that drive letter) ).

I often work on friends' PCs and if I have to reinstall the OS I prefer to give them a properly-working (not cracked) OS so I'm looking for some info on using brand-name PC COA keys to reinstall operating systems. Many times these are Dell, HP/Compaq, etc PCs that have a proper COA on the case.

Is there a sure-fire way to successfully install Windows using the COA/key label on a brand-name PC and getting it to activate properly without using a manufacturer's recovery disc for installation?

For XP, I had obtained an XP SP2 Home OEM disc that installed just like a typical retail copy of XP -- it asked for a key and would require activation. This disc lets me use the key on the COA and successfully activates where as with other XP Home discs they would not recognize the COA key as a valid key and I wouldn't be able to complete the installation.

Does MSDN have an ISO equivalent to this? Would it be a Volume License disc?

Are Vista and 7 as picky about which disc you use or can you basically use an Ultimate disc, enter in the COA key and it then installs the appropriate OS?

Hello
I have just got my hp laptop back from being fixed (the hard drive failed and a new one has been installed) however in order for me to get windows vista back onto my laptop I need the windows product license key (I think that's right).
The problem is that the label is so worn I cannot read it.

Could someone please tell me how I can retrieve this key?

I'd appreciate any help you can give

Many thanks
Renee

Answer:Windows product license key label - please help

If you got a System Installation CD from HP rather than a Windows Vista disc from Microsoft then the HP disc should activate Windows for you without the need for entering product keys

Hi all, I have an urgent question.The hard-drive of T420s will be replaced with SSD and I cannot access to the previous drive.Can I use COA license information in usual installation of windows 7 pro (same version with previous)? Is there no any problem to have the online verification of windows? Lee

Answer:T420s Windows reinstallation by COA label.

Hello and welcome,

That should work. Don't enter the key during the installation. Wait until the OS is up and running and then enter the key to activate. It may fail but should then give you a phone number to call. The call will bee automated and give you a set of numbers to enter to activate the OS.

I have an application with needs ip address and socket number to configure a printer on server.
I have a USB printer shared over a network.
How to get a work around for this does anyone have any idea?
I know some devices which can transform USB to Ethernet but I don't want to use those as it increases cost.

Does anyone know which port windows uses to send command to shared printer.
Or can I use port forwarding create a local port whatever request come to that IP and port forward it to USB printer ?

I have a C# program that uses the DYMO.Label.Framework to print a label with barcode Code39 object. The barcode is big enough to hold the data it prints(14chars) and it has never being an issue up to now. The barcode is center aligned and when it prints,
it only prints half of the barcode. I tried left alignment but still does not print the last 2 lines of barcode.

I have already tried everything on developers.dymo.com/2014/01/02/windows-8-1-barcodes/ but it still does not work. I also ran the SDK Dymo Label Framework samples with same results.
If I use the Dymo software itself (DLS) to print it, then it works as it should.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hugo

Over the years I have purchased software via eBay, Amazon and Ebuyer, including various Microsoft products.Looking for an unused and sealed Microsoft Windows 7 (I already have two computers with W7 Premium), I was wondering what the difference is between the 'rare red' label and the more frequent 'blue' label Windows 7, usually in the Pro range.Is it also worth buying the Professional, as a better general use option to the other W7 software packs of the lower or office packs?.

Answer:Difference between red or blue label Windows 7?.

Jock1eThat could be a possible answer, but the advertisements that I have seen, seems to state 32 or 64 bit version or both in the same package. Its just that on a couple of occasions the 'rare red' part was part of the sales pitch?.

Hello, I'm looking for a program that can label files and folders just like in Mac.When you want some files or folders to be highlighted all the time, you set them colors, give them extra labels or anything that make them look different.Does anyone here know such a program?

I have been trying to format and make bootable a 4GB flash drive to use to flash my bios but everytime I try to format the drive it tells me that I have a bad volume name. Can anyone please explain what is a volume name and how to apply the correct volume name to a device being formatted?

Answer:What is volume label and how to find the correct volume label?

Are you trying to Format the drive to FAT32?
What Brand of drive Lenovo or was it a pass out type?
While you're planning uses for the pen drive try Ubuntu 9.01 flash drive Bootable O/S

I have been trying to format a partition I created on my harddrive for my laptop. I booted from a disk into a program called GParted (live CD version). I used this to format the partition I created. Then, once I had finished attempting this task, my lack of expertise in computing took it's toll. I chose the option to create a disk label on the partition. I mistook this operation for something innocuous. It gave me a warning of some sort, which I ignored since I didn't think would be a problem since the recently formatted partition would be empty. This operation took a few seconds (30 or so) and once completed the drive map above said 685 GB unallocated space (or the size of my entire hard drive). I was very scared at this point so I restarted my comp and booted to hard drive and all I get is a blank screen and a mockingly blinking cursor.

Now I am trying to see what my factory recovery disk can do for me. Using the windows recovery console I have attempted to repair this. Looking at the details, it runs a few tests. then sees that there is no valid partition, and tries to repair the partition. I restart and nothing has changed. Reattempting the repair just does the same thing and doesn't have any visible affect.

Although it looked bad at this point there is some good news. In the recovery console I have attempted to load drivers from the other recovery disk. When the window opens to browse the disk I am able t... Read more

Answer:i created a disk label and now windows won't start

What happened to your copy of Windows? Did you damage/change/remove the recovery partiton from the drive that replaces the CD that used to come with computers?

If you install 7, you will erase most of what is on the hard drive.

See if any files are still visible on that drive using a bootable CD or USB key. If they are (and this CD/USB key also has a recovery program), save them right away so that you don't have to worry about them.

Then, you can remove all the partitions and reinstall 7.

*******************************************Parted Magic disk partitoning tool (Bootable CD image)If you prefer a bootable USB key, download and run Linux Live USB Creator. Choose the Parted Magic distro, and it will download it and automatically create a bootable USB key.

This CD (or key) contains many useful tools. You can partition, recover files, recover lost partitions, make disk images (by several different methods), transfer files between media, scan for viruses (It can serve as an Alternative Trusted Platform for search and elimination of rootkits and bootkits), examine and benchmark hardware, access the internet, and much more.*******************************************

Right now, I would concentrate on recovering files before they are gone for good.

You should use Windows tools to partition and format drives that will be used by Windows. In addition, Gparted may not support the new partition type used by Vista and 7.

I just noticed that my T510 does not have the Product key numbers for the installed OS (Windows 7 64-bit), which I find quite strange. My previous three T machines, both from IBM and Lenovo, all have those labels n the back. What is going on and what are the possible implications? Thanks for any enlightenment on this issue. Lin Yu

UPDATE found my own answer...apparently the key on the label is the OEM key the manufacturer is obliged to give with an OEM product.

the ' embedded' key found with magicaljellybean is the volume licensing key that the manufacturer uses to bulk activate multiple PC'sHinot strictly a Windows 10 issue.

I did a product key search using jellybean on a Windows 7 PC I am about to upgrade to Windows 10. however the product key I obtained vqb3x .....etc is different from the product key on the sticker on the side of the PC.. .MMVJM....etc

just wondered why it is different ?thanks

Answer:Windows product key on label differs to retrievd key

Factory Windows 7 OEM-SLP installs use a manufacturer specific key. Each Manufacturer has their own OEM-SLP key for each version of Windows 7 they ship on PC's. So for example, every HP model ABC PC that ships with Windows Home Premium will have the same HP Home Premium key. Those factory OEM-SLP installs don't activate online, they activate against a SLIC table in the BIOS added by that OEM. Those OEM-SLP keys are permanently blocked form online activation. That's so you can't use a key finder and try to use them on another PC. They will only work with the matching custom OEM install media. If you clean install Windows 7 and try to use that key it will fail activation. That's what the key on the COA sticker is for. It's a unique key for that PC only. Even then I think you have to do a phone activation the first time you use it. Just to make sure its being used on the PC it came with.

As far as I know those OEM-SLP keys are blocked by Windows 10 too if you try to enter one manually. You can't activate Windows 10 with one on a clean install. The ones on the COA sticker will work though. If you do an upgrade from a currently installed Windows 7 that is using an OEM-SLP key it will be accepted though. It just checks activation status on an upgrade and doesn't really care about the key in use. It's a legally activated install so you get a digital entitlement with your upgrade.

I have a Satellite L505-14K on which I need to reinstall Windows 7 Home Premium, but Windows key on the label is unreadable. Could I get a replacement for it?

Also I can't read Windows code from HDD because it was formated before i get this laptop in my hands...
Perchance could I get either a phone number or e-mail adress to a polish branch of Toshiba, so I could contact them in that matter?

Thank you in advance.

Answer:Satellite L505-14K - Can't read Windows Key from CoA label

Hi

Toshiba doesn?t provide any serial keys for Window systems. On the label you will find the OEM serial key but this key cannot be used for system activation.
Toshiba provides an own recovery image which already contains the activated Windows system.

Such recovery disk can be ordered here:
http://backupmedia.toshiba.eu/landing.aspx

I'm working on a pc that was purchased refurbished and I'm fairly certain used to be an office pc, it has the OEM type sticker on the side and the key is for "windows xp professsional 1-2 CPU" I'm assuming it's preservice pack and Am trying to find the proper image to burn in order to reinstall it.

The machine itself crashes if you try to get into safe mode in any way but works for a bit in "last known good config" untill a message appears saying it has to shutdown after several minutes.

When I'm at it's location next I'm going to run the recovery console as suggested in this thread: Windows xp laptop won't boot to OS gui

However does anyone know where I could find an image for the version of windows xp I need to utilize the product code on the sticker?

If not is there anywhere reputable to purchase new (obviously) copies of windows xp home or professional?

Answer:Trying to match version of windows with cd key label on side of pc

I have a Windows 7 license from Dreamspark that I am trying to use on this computer. I used to get the warning in the lower right hand corner about it not being genuine, I entered the key and that went away. However, in my System Settings it still does not say "Genuine" -- just that it is activated and to ask for Genuine Windows.

Hello, I bough a L440 with preinstaled win 7 pro included posibility to upgrade to win8pro, recovery disc are included.I will stay on WIN7 (trough my other HW and other SW). I can´t find COA label on Case, I checked it onder the accu cover, under memory cover, like in advice from other topic, but wihtout succes . There is only small label about VIN8.Where to get this label for Win7? I contacted Microsoft and they refered me to ask by Lenovo. Best regardsPedroX5

Answer:L440- Location of Windows 7 COA label on system

Download and use the "Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder" and pickup the key. regards

Hello Iggy7 about the free upgrade of windows 10, it is not available any more, it was until july 29. To install the upgrade you have to buy it. Otherwise you can call microsoft and ask if they can bring you the free upgrade. Regards,

DELL E6410 CD bay hard drive, I used an used windows format 2.5" hard drive, at power on an option Intel menu can choose mirror or non-mirror and it remains in non mirror mode.
Windows 10 computer management shows it as disk1 healthy, but no drive letter assigned to so file explorer cannot show it. There is unknown device but device manager can't find driver to update. thanks for help.

DELL E6410 CD bay hard drive, I used an used windows format 2.5" hard drive, at power on an option Intel menu can choose mirror or non-mirror and it remains in non mirror mode.
Windows 10 computer management shows it as disk1 healthy, but no drive letter assigned to so file explorer cannot show it. There is unknown device but device manager can't find driver to update. thanks for help.

Some users of AVG were left with unusable Windows systems after the popular AVG security scanner software slapped a Trojan warning on a core Windows component.AVG tagged user32.dll as a banking Trojan following a signature update issued on Sunday, advising users to delete the "harmful file". Users following this advice would be left with systems that either failed to boot or went into a continuous reboot cycle, according to dispatches from those hit by the glitch.Users of both AVG 7.5 and 8 (free and full fat editions) were hit by the snafu. AVG has admitted the problem and responded by posting advice on how to recover affected systems (via its support forum item 1574 - here). The company has also updated its virus definition files to purge the false alarm detection from its virus signature database.False alarms by anti-virus scanners have affected just about every security vendor at one time or another. The issue causes more inconvenience when Windows files are flagged as potentially malicious, as in this case with AVG, so its no surprise to find that AVG's support forums are filling up with complaints.This is not the first such false positive AVG has had to fix. Its software wrongly identified CheckPoint’s Zone Alarm as a Trojan less than a month ago, raising questions about the quality control regime for virus definition updates released by the Czech-based firm, best known for the popularity of the cut-down ... Read more

One day my laptop just displayed a blue screen n shut down when I was playing a game , when I switch it on it shows that it's on on the power button but display is blanc. When I connect it to a VGA it showed the starting Windows logo then stopped displaying properly that you can't get anything on the screen

As shown in this video (you might have to set the quality to 720p), you can switch on and off the drop shadows of your Windows 10 desktop icon labels.

However, after using the auto arrange snap window function (drag and drop any window to the left or right edge of your screen) the drop shadows are always on and cannot be switched off again. Only logging off and in again helps.

Can anyone reproduce this or knows how to fix it?

Answer:Desktop icon label drop shadows always on after split windows

Hi, Win 10 pro - can confirm I see that after using Snap. Normal function is restored if you restart explorer via the task manager.

Suggest you report it via the Feedback Hub app e.g.

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/drop-s...or-icon-labels- gives a relevant registry key; maybe it can be 'fixed' or worked around using that.

I found this tutorial for 8 downwards but there isn't the equivalent here:Desktop Icon Labels - Turn Drop Shadows On or Off - Windows 7 Help Forums

IN Windows 7 my back up was working fine. I then upgraded to Windows 10. Due to heating problems with my laptop I downgraded back to Windows 7. Now I find that many systems are not working including the back. It just gives me this error.

I have already done the " restore default libraries" as suggested in some blogs but the problem persists.
Can you help me this problems and the other issues of programmes not updating automatically.
thanks
Sanjay

I have a strange problem that my friend who works in IT cannot seem to figure out. Whenever my computer boots up windows will not display. Everything up to that is fine, the system info, everything prior to windows starting displays fine. As soon as windows starts the display goes blank and my monitor acts as if it is not receiving a signal. I have tested the graphics card on another system and it works fine. I have also reinstalled windows and neither has worked yet, any advice?

Answer:Windows Not Displaying

Have you tried a different monitor on your system? Or tried your monitor on another system.

hi im new here and i need help with my computer .. im not sure if its a windows xp problem or hardware so ill try here first .. anyways my problem is, when i start my computer, and go through all loading process to the log in page for windows xp, i hear a beep. never heard it before but anyways, I log into my account. so it takes a few mins more than usual, I log in, and i see nothing but the blue screen for my background, no icons are displaying, no programs are running, nothing... please help me

My computer's start menu will not load up. I have tried running explorer.exe from the "new task" area in my task manager with no luck. I am only able to view my desktop background, and run programs through task manager.

Certain apps (it's seemingly only those not made by Microsoft) are completely impossible to use as they don't display properly. The bottom of the apps are cut off and the mouse cursor is not aligned correctly (You have to click to the top right of everything)I can find pretty much no information about this online apart from this previous question and a thread on a gaming forum:http://forums.windowscentral.com/win...dows-10-a.htmlAny help would be appreciated.

I have two SATA hard drives, a raptor and a data storage drive. One day after I rebooted my computer I was never able to boot again when both of them were connected at the same time. It seems that when the data storage drive is hooked up, windows reboots without giving me any error messages right after the windows logo (screen turns black and goes back to bios). When it's disconnected, though, and only the main raptor drive is hooked up, windows boots without any problems. I've done the following in order to try to find a solution to the problem:I've tried booting into a linux live cd which showed both hard drives with the files accessible on both (second hard drive is still working). I've also tried booting into safe mode which shows the list of drivers being loaded and reboots after the list as well. In addition, I tried doing boot logging which gave me the following result in ntbtlog.txt

hi,
I am facing a problem with images. first the thumbnail are not displayed and then whenever i try to open an image (i.e .JPG) the system stuck for a while then on the title bar (where the folder name is displaying) a word appear "Not Responding", but the image did not open so for.

if i close the image folder now then it follow the same process as i close the "iexplorer.exe" in the task Manager and open it again, while i just close the image folder.

Can anyone help me in fixing this problem...

Thanks in advance.

Answer:Images not displaying in Windows XP SP2

First, I request you to download the Ccleaner and delete all the temporary files and unwanted regiestry entries. You can download the ccleaner here

http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

Second, Download the anti - malware bytes and scan for any virus or malware in your system. You can download the Malwae bytes here

I'm using Windows Hello to sign in to my laptop (Surface Book). I would like to enable the local security policy for Interactive login: Do not display last user name; however, when I enable this security policy, Windows hello seems to disable itself.

Is there any way to use both this policy and Windows hello at the same time?

I have two shortcuts on my desktop each linking to a website. Until today i have been able to click on one, which displayed the web page in a window, and then click on the other shortcut and the other web page would be displayed in its own window. I could then arrange one window alongside the other and flip between the two.

Today, I must have inadvertently changed something because now, when I click the second shortcut, the webpage appears and displaces the first webpage. I can switch between the two using the task bar, but there is only the one window and this is not the behaviour I want.

I presume it is a Windows feature I have changed but I cannot see how.

Ken

Answer:Displaying Two Windows of IE at the same time

Ken right click on the bottom task bar and set the way you wantstacked, cascade etc.

well as the message title indicates my wallpaper has "disappeared". This has been a minor annoyance that I have been procrastinating on but would really like to fix it. I have tried to manually scan through and fix it by altering display settings and the like but to no avail. I believe it may be linked to a spywat/spam/hijack issue but have no real "factual" info to back that up. I am currently running Windows Xp, just finished installing all the latest security updates and all and no change. I am able to change the wallpaper using the normal "right-click" display properties but after clicking ok/apply the background remains whatever color has been selected in the wallpaper tab with no wallpaper displaying on top of it. I know the wallpaper is there becasue when ever I boot my system or shut it down I get a brief view of the wallpaper before the system shuts down. It is just not displaying while I am using the system.

Please any help to rectify this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Hey guys, got a small issue with my computer. It's 'lost' about 680GB - Any help or referals much appreciated

http://imgur.com/ZxKVh1w - Screenshot

Don't know what other info would be relevant

Thanks a million

// UPDATE

The plot thickens!

http://imgur.com/HjKplIU

Perhaps I should be in the spyware section? Thoughts?

// UPDATE #2

Found this. Is it a backup? or a LOT of backups? How do I delete, fix this?

http://imgur.com/zrqbmbxhttp://imgur.com/IzjKybr

Answer:Windows 7 - HDD Displaying about 680GB less than it should :/

Okay what it's saying is that Malwarebytes Secure Backup is doing something that is using up all your disk space here's how to remove them all.

Open Malwarebytes Secure BackupClick on Advanced TabClick on Classic ViewExpand the folder with your computer name on the leftLocate the file/folder you want deletedRight click file/folder and select Delete

Everytime I boot up my Desktop and sign in, my desktop doesn't show. Only my mouse, the rest is black.

Answer:Why is my Windows 10 not displaying my Desktop?

Originally Posted by Windows Central Question Everytime I boot up my Desktop and sign in, my desktop doesn't show. Only my mouse, the rest is black. how long do you wait before it shows? Or it doesn't show at all?

dont know if its related or caused some how when we removed Smart hdd malware here is a link to that thread http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic448427.html/page__pid__2662683__st__15#entry2662683

I am running windows xp. internet explorer 8. i have tried tools ,internet options, advanced, under multimedia and made sure the two boxes are checked "show pictures" and "show image download placeholders" found this link to download but have not and do not know if i should try it http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/202/1/PNG-images-are-not-displayed-on-Web-sites-in-Internet-Explorer.html

stumpedthank you

Answer:.png files displaying as a red X windows xp IE8

I have been advised by one of the other staff here that the information in that article will restore the .png file association.

I got a dell desktop computer with windows xp. When I turn on the computer, from the startup, the computer is displaying nothing but symbols! The user names at the logon, all the file names and icons on the desktop, menus, they're all gibberish! I don't even know what I'm typing. Is this a virus? I tried to run the Norton Anti-virus but I can't even read what it's saying. Please help!

Answer:windows xp displaying all gibberish!!!!

You didn't state if this happened the first time you booted the system or after awhile (i.e. you'd modified things by installing stuff, etc.). I'd definitely call Dell's tech support on this one if it's the former. If the latter, I'd definitely suspect a virus and try running system restore to get back to a non messed up state. Have you tried booting in Safe Mode? You might also try the System Repair route if you have your original Windows XP CD.

Hi, I have a problem that when I try to run a program, the window won't show. I checked in the processes in task manager and it's there, but there's no window and no way I can access it. Any ideas? Thanks

Answer:Windows displaying problem

Look on the programs site. They ussually have a resolution to this posted if they have seen it before.
What Program is it? I know of a few that will do this.

If you don't give us any details on what is currently happening and has happened before this we really can't help you. Notebook PCs not "displaying windows (8)" does not really make any sense. Try to explain it in another way, starting from the beginning.

I am new to the Windows API. I am wanting to be able to display pictures and graphics in various formats, such as BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, etc and am having trouble. If I try and use Windows GDI, it will only be able to open BMPs. If I use GDI+, it can open everything but its incredible slow (re)drawing the images.

Any suggestions for another library or something for me to use to be able to display images correctly? I know DirectX is good, but thats over the top for what I am wanting to do.

Thanks.

Answer:Displaying Graphics with Windows API

Having a little google around led to this page:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd145023(VS.85).aspx

"On certain versions of Microsoft Windows, the StretchDIBits and SetDIBitsToDevice functions allow JPEG and PNG images to be passed as the source image"

On the other hand, if you did go down the DirectX route, it sounds like you'd only need the 2D elements like Direct2D or DirectDraw. Those are easier to code than a full blown 3D DirectX app. That will add another dependency to your code - a version of DirectX installed.

There must be a 3rd party/open source option...but I've not had cause to use it.

Hi, I have my screen set to a lower resolution, 800x600, and until now, have never had a problem with it. Some websites look a little different, that's been it.

Within the past week, however, some things are totally out of whack. Like a free email I use, the login boxes are little tiny, like 1cm x 1/2cm, and I can't login. Also, dictionary.com's page is totally out of whack. It is so out of proportion as to be unreadable. Also, I was just filling out a questionaire(sp?) I can't use dictionary to check it! Anyways, I was filling out the form, and one box where the answer should have gone was the same 1x1/2 cm box as the email login was. Any ideas?

I use IE on XP, never had any probs before, it's all within the past week and totally random as to what's messed up. Like I say, a free email login, dictionary.com, thesaurus.com, and an online questionaire. I'd really like to not have to change to firefox just for this, any ideas of what could be up, or possible fixes? Changing to regular screen resolution might be a diagnostic possibility, but I need this lower resolution to be able to see the screen good.

Thanks a lot guys

Answer:Windows not displaying properly.

Don't know if this will solve your problem or not, but have you tried going to View and increasing your font size? I run at 800x600 all the time, my font size is set at medium in IE, and I have never had that problem. Just a thought.

I am having a problem with Windows Explorer. I Have been putting my music (Several Thousand Albums) on my computer as an MP3 file ever since Windows XP and have never come across this before. Each Music album is in it's own folder plus in that folder is its Album Art (ie: Front Cover/Back Insert & CD Art.) Recently when in Large/Extra Large Icon view all I am seeing is the default Music Note Icon. All the Cover Album Art is embedded into the file but it is not showing although it is in the IDTag of the properties for every file. In WMP12 all the Album Art is shown when in Album or Album Artist. This all started when I booted up one day and opened Explorer. Nothing else was done. All the Music is on an external Hard Drive and backed up on another External Hard Drive.